. ♪ that's the neil simon theater. >> opening number. >> look at the posse we came to watch. >> i was so moved by that. >> that's joanne's husband in the forefront. >> meant the world to me, director, jimmy. >> gallagher's steakhouse down the street. it was really convenient, a transvestite show just opened next door, too. >> there's tammie. >> when you come to see "scandalous" and just down the block is lucky changs with all the drag queens. >> you can make it a double feature. >> it was so great. >> one guy said oh, there's a drag queen playing kathie lee. i said, i am kathie lee. it's crazy. jersey boys is across the street. >> i took a picture with them. look. look at the drag queens. if anything's scandalous, it's that. >> they opened the same night, which is hysterical, but our dance captain, a member of our cast, said the day of she was walking down the seet and two ladies walked by, "scandalous," yeah, that's the show kathie lee and hoda wrote. >> i'm getting so much credit for this whole thing. i was literally welcoming everyone to the show as if it were my wedding. welcome.